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Elements and chemicals for trade

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I am somewhat of an element collector, and as such, I have quite a few elements I am willing to trade for different ones.  I also would like certain metal oxides, which I can use in a thermite reaction to generate metals.

I will be happy to sell you the elements I have, buy the elements you have, and trade them as well.  Please reply or PM me for more information.  I have various forms of these elements; if you are interested in any of them, please contact me for pictures, video, etc.  I have some unusual forms of some of these elements.

The elements I have for trade are (in no particular order):

-Tellurium
-Selenium
-Cobalt
-Titanium
-Gadolinium
-Yttrium
-Tungsten
-Molybdenum
-Antimony

EDIT: I also have more, mentioned in post below. These are just the most interesting (to me).


Elements I am specifically looking for are:

-Beryllium
-Sodium
-Phosphorus
-Potassium
-Gallium
-Germanium
-Indium
-Iodine
-Hafnium
-Thallium

Also, any other elements you might have.  I would also like oxides of transition metals if you have them.


Please reply if you are interested.

-Mark
 





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Pictures of my element collection!

NFT= not for trade

This is most of my collection. I also have some more elements, like silicon and magnesium, that are not pictured.

I am able to make cobalt in foil form, cobalt-plated wire, and powder (dangerous). Contact me if you would like any of these forms.

Picture one (clockwise order, top row only)

-Lead
-Zirconium (NFT)
-Krypton
-Antimony
-Cadmium (NFT)
-Tellurium

Picture two (clockwise order, top row only)

-Antimony
-Cadmium (NFT)
-Tellurium
-Cobalt
-Lead

Picture three (left to right)

-Lithium (battery form, would like pure lithium)
-Carbon
-Aluminum
-Argon
-Calcium (first square NFT, second square I think I neutralized it)
-Titanium
-Chromium (have shiny crystalline form and dull, different crystalline form, not pictured)
-Nickel (NFT)
-Copper
-Zinc
-Mercury (NFT)
-Yttrium (hard to see)
-Xenon
-Gadolinium
-Tungsten
-Gold
-Bismuth

Picture four (left to right)

-Carbon
-Aluminum
-Sulfur
-Calcium (NFT)
-Titanium
-Chromium
-Iron
-Zinc
-Mercury (NFT)
-Yttrium
-Silver
-Tin
-Bismuth
-Selenium
-Molybdenum


The pictures really don't do these elements justice; they are much cooler in real life. Also, the table looks a lot dirtier than it really is! The elements are quite clean. Some of them are missing because I relocated or used them.

-Mark
 

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That's awesome man!!!

I especially like gallium metal, it will melt in your hand!

-Tony
 
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Of the ones you desire, I used to have a nice big hunk of germanium. I accidentally left it at the place I got it from though, and so I don't have to anymore. It's pretty boring stuff, just silver metal basically. Pretty hard and brittle though, but not as hard as other things I've experienced (my wedding band is tungsten carbide, for instance :cool:)

I've also held a nice piece of hafnium, it was never mine though, and I probably wouldn't have traded it either way.

Nice collection you have though. Quite the assortment, I'm impressed.
 
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pullbangdead said:
Of the ones you desire, I used to have a nice big hunk of germanium.  I accidentally left it at the place I got it from though, and so I don't have to anymore.  It's pretty boring stuff, just silver metal basically.  Pretty hard and brittle though, but not as hard as other things I've experienced (my wedding band is tungsten carbide, for instance  :cool:)

I've also held a nice piece of hafnium, it was never mine though, and I probably wouldn't have traded it either way.

Nice collection you have though.  Quite the assortment, I'm impressed.

Thanks! That sounds cool about the hafnium and germanium- I really like the look of silicon (have it already) and germanium. Then again, a lot of people would claim that all the metals look and feel the same. Just like how a lot of people would think that a violet laser just has a filter over a red laser; only a few people can truly appreciate the difference.

At least, that's how I see it.

By the way, I found a supplier of gallium- only $1.70 per gram! I'll keep you updated when I order, probably in a couple of weeks. I don't want to give it out yet so that I can review it first and evaluate it.

-Mark
 
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rocketparrotlet said:
By the way, I found a supplier of gallium- only $1.70 per gram!  I'll keep you updated when I order, probably in a couple of weeks.  I don't want to give it out yet so that I can review it first and evaluate it.

-Mark

Yeah lets us know how that turns out! I've always wanted some! :D

I found this on eBay do you think it's a good price?

-Tony
 
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Well, the purity is very high, so I don't know. This is much more expensive than $1.70 per gram, however. I guess if you needed extremely high purity gallium, it would be a good deal.

Don't worry guys...I will reveal the supplier in less than a month. I first have to get enough money to buy the gallium, and then I have to receive it. If I do not have enough money by the 11th, I will give the supplier and let someone else have a go.

I would give the suplier out now, but I would feel pretty guilty if it turned out to be a scam and someone else took the fall for it.

-Mark
 
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Hey, thanks for the reply- unfortunately, my mom has very expressly forbidden me from obtaining any mercury. All I've got is a little vial of it.

-Mark
 




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